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Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
So, we are going to go on to item 2, which is instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. This is the Bus Services (Wales) Act 2026 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2026, and this is the first commencement Order made to bring…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
[Inaudible.]—recess. Does anyone have any interests that they would like to declare? Anyone on the screen? Great. So, no apologies have been received. The meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv. as usual for the public part of the session, and the…
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Member’s Legislative Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): A Bill on corporate parenting
I would say that I'm going to work with the Minister on this to shape legislation going forward. I thank the Minister for her openness to working with me on this, and I want to work in that spirit. I think that's really important. Volunteerism is a wonderful…
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Member’s Legislative Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): A Bill on corporate parenting
Yes.
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Member’s Legislative Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): A Bill on corporate parenting
I thank Members for contributing to this important debate and for the breadth of the discussions—they've been truly deep and insightful. Beca Brown put it exactly right: we must be honest about our current protections, how strong they are and whether they are…
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Member’s Legislative Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): A Bill on corporate parenting
I understand that Government say the voluntary charter is better because it can reach private and third sector bodies that legislation cannot, but let us be honest about how private organisations behave. They follow the law not a leaflet, so the charter's…
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Member’s Legislative Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): A Bill on corporate parenting
I would like to record my profound thanks to my friend Terry Galloway. Terry is a care leaver whose guidance has been absolutely invaluable. I bring this debate forward to ensure care-experienced children in Wales benefit from corporate parenting protections…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
I would just come back on that. I think it's normal whenever you are delivering a childcare pledge that you do think about whether uptake is genuinely going to be extremely high. In this circumstance, I think it is going to be extremely high. So, that was my…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
If demand is hugely higher than you could possibly ever anticipate, have you done modelling on different scenarios, including the worst-case scenario that could occur?
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Yes.
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Thank you. On the childcare offer, could the Minister tell us exactly how many additional childcare places the pledge actually requires—whether there is a specific figure?
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Fantastic. So, we're just going to have a quick pause.
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
So, we are now going to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. So, this is a motion under Standing Order 17.42. This enables the committee to meet in private to discuss the content and conclusions of recommendations of a report it proposes to…
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Papers to note
Great. Does anyone else have any other comments? Fantastic.
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Papers to note
What would be our legal view on this?
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Papers to note
So, is everyone content for us to move on to the next item, which is—? This is item 3.3, which is correspondence from the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability. This is in regards to the draft Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Appeals and…
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Papers to note
Okay, I think that would be a good route forward if everyone's content.
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Papers to note
Do you think that there is a risk that, if that happens, that that puts a lot of additional work on the committee?
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Papers to note
Great. That's brilliant. Does anyone else have any other comments? Yes.
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Papers to note
Yes, I think it's worth coming back to this as soon as we can and writing out, as you suggested, and getting more clarity, because then we know exactly where we stand on this. So, that would be really, really good.
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Papers to note
Yes, that sounds sensible, if everyone's content with that route.
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Papers to note
Thank you. Do we have a view from our lawyers on that? Yes—sorry, Kate.
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Papers to note
So, we will look into it and we will recirculate that, so that you have that. So, if everyone's content, then we can move on to the next written statement, by the Counsel General Designate. This is the notification of UK statutory instruments laid in…
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Papers to note
It may have been on the back.
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Papers to note
In that case, we will move on to item 3, which is the correspondence from the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability in regards to biodiversity targets. So, in that, you would have received the letter from the Cabinet Minister for Rural…
